Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by SUBOHI Afshan
KARACHI, March 24: The world is changing but a better, peaceful, prosperous and equitable world order is only possible if deprived, disadvantaged and progressive sections of society forge unity and strive for a viable alternative to the current world order that is both repressive and divisive. (…)
, by TARIQ Farooq
Over four thousands protested today in Lahore against the Iraq occupation by the American imperialists and other allied forces. The rally was organized by Anti War Committee Pakistan, an alliance of several political, social and trade unions organizations. The protesters were carrying placard (…)
, by TARIQ Farooq
Bhatta Workers (Brick kiln) are in revolt. Thousands have protested today in three different cities of Pakistan. The largest demonstration was at Lahore where over 5000 workers protested against the Peshgi (advance) system and demanded that government should implement the Supreme Court decision (…)
, by AJT
Six Pakistani Left parties and groups have united to form Awami Jamhoori Tehreek AJT (Peoples Democratic Movement). The decision to from this united movement was announced in a press conference held at Lahore press Club this afternoon on 12th March. The leaders of AJT met for four hours to (…)
, by WALDRON Linda
Five months after the October 8 earthquake struck north-west Pakistan, a much-anticipated tragedy has been largely avoided. Through the work of NGO, political and trade union activists in Pakistan and other countries, some successes in relief and construction have been achieved in the worst hit (…)
The third leg of the polycentric World Social Forum will take place in Karachi from March 24-29. The event originally planned like its counterparts in Venezuela and Mali had to be postponed following the devastating eathquake in Kashmir and Pakistan on October 8 last year.
The six day event, a (…)
Introduction
A much anticipated tragedy has been avoided to some extent in the areas where a devastating earthquake stuck on 8th October 2005. With the help of many non government organizations, political and trade union organizations and ordinary people around the world, it was made possible (…)
, by Save Indus Delta Action Committee
The community organizations, civil society activists, researchers and experts of Coastal Sindh (Indus Delta) have rejected the Asian Development Bank Sindh Coastal & Inland Community Development Project document and constituted ‘ Save Indus Delta Action Committee’ to launch struggle against (…)
, by The News (Pakistan)
EditorialThe News International, January 27 and 29, 2006.
IT’S ONLY A RACE
Once again the MMA and the government are at loggerheads over the Lahore marathon being held today. The MMA is bent upon stopping this ’vulgar activity’ from taking place at all cost. They have vowed to peacefully (…)
, by Dawn (Pakistan)
Editorial of “Dawn” (Pakistan), January 29, 2006.
THE verdict by an additional district and sessions judge in Peshawar ordering the amputation of the hand and foot of a person convicted of robbery will only serve to embolden the extremists in the country. The judge delivered his verdict after (…)
, by TARIQ Farooq
A criminal case has been registered against 60 leaders of Pakistan Bhatta Mazdoor (Brick Kiln) Union on 24th January 2006 in Qasur. Their only crime is to organize a rally in the city on 23rd January. The first investigation report FIR by police state that workers were raising provocative (…)
, by HUSAIN Irfan
IN most countries, a marathon race would merit a few paragraphs in the sports or city pages. Here, the entire nation waits with bated breath to see what the mullahs of the MMA will do to disrupt the event in Lahore on Sunday.
The Punjab chief minister has tried to reach a compromise, but for (…)
, by EBRAHIM Zofeen T.
KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan 20 (IPS) - Of the many disruptions caused by the Oct. 8 temblor, that killed 87,000 people and left 3.5 million homeless, one was the postponement of the Karachi chapter of this year’s polycentric World Social Forum (WSF).
As things stand, the sixth WSF is underway (…)
PAK 001 / 0106 / OBS 009
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Pakistan.
Brief (…)
, by NAQVI M B
After two full rounds, the composite dialogue would soon enter the third. The results so far have been disappointing. True, some Confidence Building Measures have been implemented. The LoC now has five openings, two or three bus services may soon begin and an agreement on two other openings is (…)
, by NAQVI M B
The Pakistani government caved in to opposition from fundamentalist forces on the question of madrassas
Time was, less than six months ago, when Pakistan’s General-President had issued the edict that all foreign students studying in religious seminaries should leave the country by December 31 (…)
, by NAQVI Jawed
THE PEACE process between India and Pakistan cannot possibly be called irreversible, as some of our leaders want us to believe, while the nuclear threat the old rivals pose to each other remains intact. From this perspective one of the most important statements that were made in 2005 came at the (…)
, by NAQVI M B
KARACHI , Jan 1 (IPS) - After Islamists defied an order by Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to expel foreigners enrolled in the madrasas (religious schools) by Dec 31, questions have been raised on the country’s future role in the United States-led ‘war on terror’.
Revelations that the (…)
The following text is the chapter on Pakistan in the World Report 2006 of the New York based association Human RightsWatch.
Six years after seizing power in a coup d’etat, President Pervez Musharraf’s military-backed government did little in 2005 to address ongoing human rights concerns, such (…)
, by Daily Times (Pakistan), PFF
We are posting below two documents: a message forwarded from People’s Rights Movement and a staff report from the Daily Times (Lahore).
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Message forwarded from People’s Rigths Movement
Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum Seminar Disrupted
· A seminar on ‘Below Kotri water flows’ was (…)
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